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Friday, 16 December 2016

Could Starcross be derived from the Norse word stoth, which meant a landing stage for loading and unloading cargo? OED definition for staithe
The word staithe - for a pier - was Old English, used in the North and East of England

Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Anyone
interested in the history of our village is invited to join our
enthusiastic volunteers; to share and discuss research about Starcross.

Lottery funding has been achieved by Villages in Action to:
publish, online, the research from each of 8 Devon communities AND hire
professionals to create and perform a multi-media production for each
community.

Mosaics and Horses. Wednesday March 14th 7:30pm in St Paul's Church

The next meet of Starcross History will be on Wednesday March 14th at 7:30pm in St Paul's. No entry fee and no membership fee. PLEASE BRING A RAFFLE PRIZE. Alma Harding and Joanne Bickel will lead a Mosaic Workshop; to make mosaics to mark a Starcross History Trail. Where else could the trail go? What else could it commemorate? Add tesserae to our mosaics. Or design your own - you'll need a base for your mosaic (a piece of wood or something else), some cut tiles and some waterproof tile cement. We also invite you to make Horses from Rubbish, for our 2018 entry into the Teignmouth TRAIL.Phone Starcross 890650 to find out more and book your table.This meet will also be the AGM. Copies of our constitution and the chair's report will be available. Might there be volunteers for committee rôles?

Crowdfunding: £10,000 for St Paul's Church Bells

We have been told that the hangings that hold the bells in place are now in need of replacing. We do not have the choice of doing nothing as they will only deteriorate more over time.

We would like to commemorate the end of the First World War with the Ringing out for Peace event that will be a part of the Battle's Over: A Nation's Tribute on 11th November 2018. If we have no bells, we won't be able to!

We are a small congregation in St. Paul's and we will struggle to raise this sort of money just amongst ourselves. However, we feel that the Church is an important part of the wider community and the bells are a very tangible sign of that. Please help us to return the sound of well tuned bells back to our community.

We sell our enamel badges for £5

Buy online, at one of our events, in the Westbank charity shop in Starcross, or in Crafters, Queen St, Dawlish

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